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" I'm not a machine. I get really motivated, then I fall off the wagon and want to eat Chinese food and sit on my couch and gain five or 10 pounds! "
Shemar Moore
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" I know that on my own sites, a picture of me with my mom or me with my dog does well, but when I put up a picture of myself shirtless, it does get a little crazy. "
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" Let a woman have her place, because as you provide foundation for her, she provides a foundation for you. And through that vulnerability comes strength. "
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" After eight years on 'Young and the Restless' and eight years on 'Criminal Minds,' I'm ready for that next phase of my career. "
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" I don't see myself as a 'black actor,' I'm just Shemar Moore the actor. "
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" Orlando's a part of me. The next guy's a part of me. And the next guy's a part of me. That's all I'm trying to do, is tell cool stories that people can relate to. "
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" Because I could throw so hard when I got to college, they made me a pitcher. If I had to it all over again, I would have stuck to playing in the outfield. I loved running. I can catch everything in the outfield. I could throw people out from the fence. "
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" Denzel has been that leading man, but it took him a while to get to Training Day and Hurricane Carter. "
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" Baseball player. Yeah, that was my dream before acting, or alongside acting. "
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" Now that I've established myself in a drama, I'm plugging away, trying to get the attention of people who do the independent movies and the features. "
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" I hosted Soul train but I listen to everything. "
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" I loved running. I can catch everything in the outfield. I could throw people out from the fence. "
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" Acting is therapeutic. I say I'm not shy, but... Acting is a very vulnerable experience, and you've got to be really confident to put yourself out there to be judged. "
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" I could run, but I was throwing 93 mph coming out of high school. "
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" Although I have a lot of close female friends in my life, my number one is still my mom. Without her, I wouldn't have the values that I have and see the world the way that I do today. She taught me how to appreciate and respect women. She taught me chivalry and how to love a woman and respect their feelings and emotions. "
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" I'm very proud to be black, but I'm just as much black as I am white. But I want tell stories that everybody can relate to, so I don't care who's opposite me. "
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" I think because people are passing - people that we are aware of are passing at - I don't say a great pace, but it seems like people are dropping, and I think it's just making - there's a consciousness and there's sensitivity to it. "
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" When I do tie the knot, it will be one time, for good. "
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" I don't want to be an old dad. "
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" I admire Brad Pitt, honestly, just because of how he started and the obstacles he had to overcome to have the career that he's had. "
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" I got country music in me. "
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" There are days when I feel confident, and I feel like, 'OK, this outfit looks nice, I look good, I'm in shape.' But I'm never going to walk out the house trying to be sexy, because that to me is cheesy and not attractive. "
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" That's because I didn't have to work with Madea. I only had to work with Madea once, and that was at the barbecue and I didn't have to get close to her. "
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" It's no accident that I'm not married and don't have kids yet. "
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" It was truly a lesson in don't take something at face value. You know, so many of us do in life. Whether it's because of how somebody looks or because of what they're wearing or what have you, you kind of assess a person in the first five minutes before they even speak. "
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" You know, I don't play the race card a lot. I'm half-black, half-white, and I'm proud of - my skin is brown. The world sees me as a black man, but my mother didn't raise me as a black man. She didn't raise me as a white guy. "
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